Water wheel



Feb. 12, 1929. 1,701,687

A. v. MARSHALL WATER WHEEL Filed Feb. 18, 1927 Patented 12,1929.

, UNITED STATES ALIPHONSE VIRGIL MARSHALL, OF PASS CHRISTIAN,MISSISSIPPI.

WATER WHEEL.

Application filed. February 18, 1927. Serial No. 169,370 r In thedrawings, Fig. 1 is a plan View and Fig. 2 is an elevation of my device,witlrparts in section. The framework of my water wheel has twofoundation pieces 1 andresting on and across these two pieces, is a sill2. At each end of the sill are uprights 8 and joining the uprights is across piece 4. p j

Attached to upright 3 is a shield 5 which is for the purpose ofpreventing water from splashing. In the shield is a hole 6 through whichwater will flow to strike the Walls of the wheel.

The wheel and axis are made in the following manner :The axis is partsolid and part hollow,.the solid part 17 is supported by the bearing 8,the upper part 19 is hollow and passes through cross piece 4; where itis also supported by a bearing 8. At the top of the solid part is a nut18 to hold the wheel tight. The shaft 17 is also provided with a thrustbearing 7 and a pulley from which power is taken oft. hollow part is ahole the purpose of which will he mentioned hereafter.

This makes the axis.

The wheel is made of two annular disks 23, 24 of the same size with twohoops or hands 13, 14. The hoops must be of the same width but differ indiameter. The hoops will be placed within one another and laid on onedisk. This disk will he the bottom of the wheel. The other diskwill belaid on top of the hoops and willbe called the top of the wheel, andbetween the hoops Through the wall of the will be a hollow'space 11which is for the be a tube 16 forair to escape from said space,

also a hole 15 to receive a water pipe 21 which runs over to hole 20 inthe wall of the hollow part 19 of the axis which has been mentionedabove, in and up the hollow of axis to funnel 22. i By turning the wheellike a top on a small point friction is reduced, the wheel being emptymakes starting easy, filling while in i pleration makes the wheel heavyand power- I claim 1 .In a water wheel the combination of a framework, avertical shaftojournaled therein, a rotor secured to said shaft,comprising a pair. of spaced parallel annular disks and a pair of spacedconcentric bandsiorming with said disks an annular chambegspaced vanessecured to the outer of said bands, means for directing a jet of fluidagainst said vanes and means for introducing fluid into said annularchamber while said wheel is in motion.

ALPHONSE VIRGIL MARSHALL.

